David De Buck

David De Buck (born March 14, 1979 in Ghent, Belgium) is a gallerist and art dealer and owner of De Buck Gallery in New York City. The former Swiss banker moved to New York in 2008 to establish De Buck Gallery.

Life and career

Due to his parents’ involvement in the contemporary art world, De Buck grew up personally knowing many top European artists, especially those belonging to the New Realist movement, including Christo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Arman and Cesar. This early exposure definitely had a significant impact on De Buck, and contributed to his interest in contemporary art.

De Buck decided to study economics and business, following the example of his grandfather, the founder of Spector International Photo Group (ticker: SPEC).^[1] After his studies, he worked in banking in Switzerland in order to gain business experience before turning his attention to art full-time.

In 2008, he found his passion and dedication lay in the arts, and he moved to New York and founded De Buck Gallery.^[2] Since then, the gallery has experienced rapid growth thanks to De Buck’s rich past experiences. Today De Buck Gallery represents artists such as Zevs,^[3][4][5][6] Hans Kotter,^[7] and Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer,^[8] and works actively in the secondary market with names such as Alexander Calder, Robert Indiana, Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein, Tom Wesselman and many more.

Personal life

The Belgian gallerist is married to Danielle Stapen. They have one daughter together named Chloe, who was born in 2010.

References

1. ^ "Gale Directory of Company Histories: Spector Photo Group N.V.". http://www.answers.com/topic/spector-photo-group-n-v. 
2. ^ "About De Buck Gallery". http://www.debuckgallery.com/contact/about. 
3. ^ Carlo McCormick. "A Criminal Mind". http://www.papermag.com/arts_and_style/2011/02/zevs-a-criminal-mind.php. 
4. ^ Salon van Sisyphus. "David De Buck". https://salonvansisyphus.wordpress.com/tag/david-de-buck/. 
5. ^ Bloomberg. "Lehman Brothers Logo ‘Liquidated’ as Artist Paints Wall Street". http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-21/lehman-brothers-logo-liquidated-as-graffiti-artist-paints-wall-street.html. 
6. ^ "ZEVS: LIQUIDATED LOGOS". http://www.debuckgallery.com/exhibition/3-zevs-liquidated-logos/press/. 
7. ^ "Hans Kotter". http://www.hans-kotter.com/. 
8. ^ "Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer". http://www.schmitz-schmelzer.de/. 

External links

• De Buck Gallery